All Entries Tagged With: "Rockefeller University"
Sally Kornbluth Will Be the Eighteenth President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A distinguished researcher and dedicated mentor, Dr. Kornbluth has served for the past eight years as provost at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. She also is the Jo Rae Wright University Professor of Biology at the university. Dr. Kornbluth first joined the faculty at Duke in 1994.
Pamela Björkman to Receive a Major International Award Recognizing Outstanding Women Scientists
The Pearl Meister Greengard Prize is presented by The Rockefeller University in New York. Dr. Björkman is being recognized for “discovering key aspects of the immune system that are helping to direct better treatment for infection from viruses and other diseases.” The prize includes a $100,000 honorarium.
Yale’s Marina Picciotto Awarded the Andrew Carnegie Prize in Mind and Brain Science
Marina R. Picciotto is the Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry at Yale Medical School and professor in the Child Study Center at the university. She also serves as editor in chief of the Journal of Neuroscience.
Study Claims That Early-Career Women Scientists May Do Better If They Have a Male Mentor
A study published on the website of the journal Nature Communications by researchers at the Abu Dhabi campus of New York University concluded that “opposite-gender mentorship may actually increase the impact of women who pursue a scientific career.” The paper has created a firestorm in academic circles.
Nina Jing Awarded the Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists in Chemistry
Ning Jia, a postdoctoral fellow at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, which is affiliated with Rockefeller University, Cornell University, and the Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Jia’s research has provided scientists with an enhanced understanding of the functions and structure of individual atoms in biological molecules.
Rockefeller University Scholar Leslie Vosshall to Receive Prestigious Research Award
Dr. Vosshal’s research focuses on how a mosquito perceives and processes sensory information. She hopes to discover how to manipulate mosquitos’ odor-sensing mechanisms in order to prevent them from biting and spreading disease to human hosts.
Harvard’s Xiaowei Zhuang Wins the $100,000 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize From Rockefeller University
Xiaowei Zhuang, David B. Arnold Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University is being honored for her work on the development of super-resolution and genome-scale imaging techniques that has found new structures in cells, clarified molecular processes, and discovered new types of neurons.
Two Women Scholars Honored With Blavatnik Regional Awards
Supporting outstanding postdoctoral scientists from academic research institutions across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut since 2007, the Blavatnik Regional Awards recognize outstanding researchers in three scientific disciplinary categories: Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry.
Sally Kornbluth’s Tenure as Provost at Duke University Extended for Five Years
Dr. Kornbluth became provost on July 1, 2014. Earlier, she had served as the James B. Duke Professor of pharmacology and cancer biology and the vice dean for basic science at the Duke School of Medicine. She will now serve as provost until at least 2024.
Yale School of Medicine Honors a Pioneering Woman Faculty Member
The Yale School of Medicine has announced the establishment of an endowed professorship to honor the late Carolyn Walsh Slayman. Dr. Slayman served on the faculty of the medical school for nearly a half century until her death in December 2016.
Five Women Scholars Honored With Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Mary Elizabeth Hatten of Rockefeller University in New York City, Laura Micheletti Puaca of Christopher Newport University in Virginia, Beth Wilson of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, Nicole Lautze of the University of Hawaii, and Kelli McMahan of Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Four Women Professors Selected to Received Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Barbara Krauthamer of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Titia de Lange of Rockefeller University in New York, Breanne Fahs of Arizona State University, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar of Florida State University.
In Memoriam: Carolyn Walch Slayman, 1937-2016
Dr. Slayman served on the faculty at Yale Medical School for nearly a half century. She was the first woman to chair a department at the medical school and the first woman to be named a deputy dean.
Elaine Fuchs Selected to Receive the Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science
Dr. Fuchs is the Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor at Rockefeller University in New York City. The Vanderbilt Prize honors women scientists with a stellar record of research accomplishments who have made significant contributions to mentoring other women in science.
New Assignments for 10 Women Faculty Members
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
Cornelia Bargmann to Receive the $125,000 Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience
Cornelia Bargmann is the Torsten N. Wiesel Professor and the director of the Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at Rockefeller University in New York City. She will be honored at MIT on March 30.
Women Faculty Members Who Have Earned Notable Honors and Awards
The honorees are Mary Beth Hatten of Rockefeller University, Diane Kellogg of Bentley University, Mary Alice Bruce of the University of Wyoming, Lisa Graley of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Gina Athena Ulysse of Wesleyan University, and Virginia Howard of the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
Business Insider Honors the “Groundbreaking Women Scientists” at U.S. Universities
Business Insider recently published its list of “50 Groundbreaking Scientists Who are Changing the Way We See the World.” Of these 50 groundbreaking scientists, 15 are women and 11 of these women have current ties to academic institutions in the United States.
Neurobiologist Cori Bargmann to Be Awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal
Cori Bargmann, the Torsten N. Wiesel Professor and the director of the Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at Rockefeller University in New York City, has been selected to receive the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
Two Women Among the Inaugural Winners of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Eleven scientists have been selected to receive $3 million each as the inaugural winners of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. Conrelia Bargmann and Titia de Lange, both professors at Rockefeller University in New York City, are the only two women among the group of winners.
Yale University’s Joan Steitz Receives Two Major Awards
Dr. Steitz, a pioneer in the field of RNA biology, will receive the 2012 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize from Rockefeller University and the 2012 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science.
Three Women From MIT Share in $1 Million Kavli Prizes
Midred Dresselhaus, Ann Graybiel, and Jane Luu of MIT along with Cornelia Isabella Bargmann of Rockefeller University will receive a Kavli award from King Harald of Norway in September.
